Awards & Fellowships

    Prof. Y.T. Thathachari Prestigious Research Award for Science 2012: awarded March 20, 2013

    OSA Senior Member, Optical Society of America, Oct. 2012

    Swarnajayanti Fellowship, Department of Science & Tech. Govt. of India, 2004-2010

    Wellcome Trust International Senior Research Fellow Award, Wellcome Trust, UK, 2004-2010

    INSA Nominated IUPAC Affiliate Membership Award, 1999 & 2000

    National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate Award at US Air Force Research Laboratory, 1996

    Hoechst Advanced Technology Division Industrial Affiliates Fellowship (1990-1992) for outstanding academic record at Princeton University

    Sugata Roy Award (1988) for travel from India to U.S. for pursuing graduate studies

    Debapravakar Memorial Science Quiz Award (1987) at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India


HONOURS AND RECOGNITIONS

    Chairman, Quantum Computing and Communication Technical Group, OSA, (2014-2017)

    OSA Awards Committee Member, The Optical Society, (2014-2017)

    Member, Grand Jury, mBillionth Award South Asia 2013

    MES Council Member, OSA, The Optical Society 2012-2013

    Executive Council Member, Optical Society of India, 2012-2013

    Fellow, Optical Society of India, 2011

    Co-Chair, OSA India Workshop, IIT Delhi, Dec. 2, 2011

    Chairman, Indo-US Discussion Meeting with Lockhead-Martin Team & Indian Researchers on Quantum Computing, Fulbright House, New Delhi, 2011.

    Editor in Chief, Journal of Spectroscopy and Dynamics, Cognizure, 2010-2015

    Editorial Board Member, Review of Scientific Instruments, American Institute of Physics, 2011-2013

    Associate Editor, Global Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Simplex Academic Publishers, 2010-2013

    International Council Member, Optical Society of America (OSA), 2010-2013

    Expert Committee Member, Intensification of Research in High Priority Areas (IRHPA), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2009-2014)

    Teacher at TopperlearningTM TV Channel India's first curriculum based TV channel (since 2008)

    Technology Angel, Technopreneur Promotion Programme, Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India (2006-2012)